Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens) Explained

Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York. The cemetery occupies the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor Cadwallader Colden.

History

It was established in 1893 and is still in operation.^[1] When Union Cemetery in Brooklyn closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery.^[2] As of 2009, Cedar Grove had recorded a total of 36,000 burials.^[3]

Mount Hebron Cemetery was established in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery and is the burial site of several prominent participants in Yiddish theater.^[4]

Cedar Grove was a filming location for cemetery scenes in the 1968 film, Bye Bye Braverman.^[5]

Notable burials

• August Claessens (1885–1954), Socialist politician, who served in the New York State Assembly^[6]
• Sabrina Grigorian (1956–1986), Italian-born Armenian actress.
• Eddie Leonard (1870–1941), American vaudeville performer^[7]
• one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Gunner of the Bermuda Artillery Militia of World War I.^[8]

External links

• Cedar Grove Cemetery website

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Notes and References

1. Carolee Inskeep (1998), The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries, Ancestry Publishing,
2. Rhona Amon, The Cemetery Belt, Newsday website, accessed February 20, 2009
3. http://thecedargrovecemetery.com/page.asp?id=aboutus About Us
4. Jeff Gottlieb, Queens Jewish Heritage Trail, Published by Queens Jewish Historical Society, Spring 2007
5. http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-1ND8/bye-bye-braverman/technical-details.html Bye Bye Braverman – Technical Details
6. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU5.html#22X1DICF3 The Political Graveyard website
7. News: Eddie Leonard . 1941-08-01 . Daily News . 40 . . 2023-01-28.
8. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4010400/MANDERS,%20A